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Recurring Nightmare

Magic: The GatheringExodus#72

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Magic: The Gathering

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ExodusEXO · #72

Card type: Enchantment
Rarity: Rare
Indicative price: 68.83 € · 82.69 $
Mana value: 3
Colour: Black

Card text

Sacrifice a creature, Return this enchantment to its owner's hand: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Format legality

CommanderBanned
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PredhBanned
PremodernLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Jeff Laubenstein
Card language: English
Release date: 1998-06-15

Flavour text

"I am confined by sleep and defined by nightmare." —Crovax

Rulings

2013-04-15

If you cast this as normal during your main phase, it will enter the battlefield and you’ll receive priority. If no abilities trigger because of this, you can activate its ability immediately, before any other player has a chance to remove it from the battlefield.